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- Highly sensitive GPS receiver that is ideally suited for use with laptops, notebooks, tablets and UMPC devices.
- Low power consumption and a highly sensitive built-in GPS antenna makes acquiring even the weakest of satellite signals easier
- Get great GPS performance even without utilizing the included USB extension cable.
- The ND-100 USB GPS Receiver Dongle is compatible with just about any GPS mapping or navigation software on the market
- Hardware compatibility: UMPC / Laptop / Notebook / Tablet PC with a USB port. Included USB Drivers: Windows XP, Vista 32-bit/64-bit, Linux, Mac.
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ND-100: GlobalSat ND-100 USB GPS Receiver
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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
sensitive,
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Quite sensitive - maintains a fix indoors in places where we've not gotten any handheld dedicated GPS units to keep a fix.
Works out-of-box with Ubuntu, though the kernel puts it at /dev/gps0 instead of the more common /dev/ttyUSB0. Under Windows XP, it keeps coming up as "Microsoft serial Ballpoint", and the GPS NMEA data coming from it gets interpreted as mouse movements and button clicks. The fix (although not easy to accomplish with mouse moving on its own...) is to open up Device Manager, and just after plugging in the GPS when the ballpoint device first appears in Device Manager, right-click it and select 'Disable'. Doing this over remote desktop or VNC is tons easier as you can keep the mouse cursor in one place... GlobalSat has newer Windows drivers, one explicitly saying it's for the ballpoint problem, but the only way I could fix it was to disable the ballpoint in device manager. j
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Frustrating Setup,
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I installed this device on a tablet running Windows 7. I downloaded the Windows 7 driver from Globalsat's .tw website because I couldn't get the driver on the provided CD (XP and Vista only) to work with Globalsats GPS utility (Mini-whatever). I never did get the GPS utility to work, but after a couple of hours of frustration, I downloaded MS Streets & Trips (trial version), and the device connected flawlessly. During my attempts to use the GPS utility, I did the firmware upgrade, but I'm not sure that I needed that.
The device is very sensitive. Even indoors, it picks up signals from 7 or 8 satellites. In that respect, it seems to be much more sensitive than a hand-held GPS I bought a couple years ago (and have since ruined). The instruction manual (on-line only) is poorly written and out of date. Arguably, following the manual instructions will lead you further astray than if you wing it. Notwithstanding all the flaws, the device a good buy. About one year later..... I lost my original and bought a replacement. The only difference I could identify is that the first one was white and the replacement is black. After initial installation, it worked once or twice then quit. I gave up and bought a BU-353. It seems to be working perfectly.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Works great but...,
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